The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005

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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 includes

Daniel Alarcón - Aimee Bender - Dan Chaon - Daniel Clowes - Tish Durkin - Stephen Elliott - Al Franken - Jhumpa Lahiri - Rattawut Lapcharoensap - Anders Nilsen - Georges Saunders - William T. Vollmann - and others

Dave Eggers, editor, is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity!, and How We Are Hungry, and the editor of McSweeney's. He is the founder of 826 Valencia, a San Francisco writing lab for young people.

Beck, guest introducer, whose single Loser was instantly labeled an anthem for the slacker generation, is also known for his Grammy Award-winning albums Odelay and Mutations.


Author: Dave Eggers
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.56w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780618570485

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 128 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended
Library Journal 10/15/2005 pg. 58
Booklist 10/01/2005 pg. 16

About the Author
Eggers, Dave: -

DAVE EGGERS is the editor of McSweeney's and a cofounder of 826 National, a network of nonprofit writing and tutoring centers for youth, located in seven cities across the United States. He is the author of four books, including What Is the What and How We Are Hungry.